@sltxdad
With whatever University of Rochester is giving you financially, ask if that same package will be guaranteed all four years. They have a reputation of giving alright offers for the student’s first year and then taking that money away. I also know a few people, and I know of a lot of people, that have graduated U of R with crippling amounts of debt and are now struggling immensely.
I have a friend who really wanted to go to U of R, but when asking if her financial aid package would be renewed given their family situation would remain the same, she wasn’t given a direct answer. It looked like they wouldn’t. The package wasn’t that good to begin with anyways.
U of R is a really good school academically, and they have a lot of research opportunities for undergraduates, but they have a really bad reputation with financial aid. Sorry if you already know this.